Research Outline and Ethics Form

Research Outline and Ethics Form
This form is required to be completed by all students. It will assist in formulation of your
ideas and is necessary for your seminar tutor to approve your data collection from an ethical
viewpoint.
Name
Student ID
Programme name and code BA (Hons) Business Management –
N200
Module name and code The Business Consultancy Project -
6IM511
Name of seminar tutor
1. Case Study Organisation and
Summary of Project Problem.
Name of organisation, type of business.
DENTAL CLINICS LTD is a private type
of business in United Kingdom.
2. Briefly describe what you aim to
achieve by this primary research.
What are the objectives for your
research?
Aim – To conduct situational analysis
which will help in identifying main issue
faced by DENTAL CLINICS LTD.
Objectives
 To explore about the situational
analysis of DENTAL CLINICS LTD.
 To analyse importance of
situational analysis for DENTAL
CLINICS LTD.
 To give recommendations for
DENTAL CLINICS LTD in
overcome of any kind of issues.
3. What research method/s do you
intend to use (e.g. questionnaire,
focus group, interviews etc.)

For conducting this study, questionnaire
will be going to used because it provide
valid and reliable information about the
topic.
4. Provide a description of the
expected sample (who you are
going to ask).
Employees of the DENTAL
CLINICS LTD will be used for examine
issues present in clinic.
5. Are payments or
rewards/incentives going to be
made to the participants?
Yes  No 
If yes, please give details below.
‘no’.
6. Please include below/or attach
the consent briefing you will use
at the start of your primary data
collection (see notes below that
you need to consider when
considering the ethics of your
research – not all points need to
be included in the consent
briefing if not relevant).
See the sample ‘Consent Briefing’ on
Study Materials and amend it to suit
your research.

a. Consent
Informed consent must be obtained for all
participants before they take part in your
project. The form should clearly state what
they will be doing; drawing attention to
anything they could conceivably object to
subsequently. It should be in language that
the person signing it will understand. It
should also state that they can withdraw
from the study at any time and the
measures you are taking to ensure the
confidentiality of data. If children are
recruited from schools you will require the
permission, depending on the school, of the
head teacher, and of parents. Children over
14 years should also sign an individual
consent form themselves. If conducting
research on children you will normally also
require DBS clearance. You will need to
check with the school if they require you to
obtain one of these. It is usually necessary
if working alone with children, however,
some schools may request you have DBS
clearance for any type of research you want
to conduct within the school. Research to
be carried out in any institution (prison,
hospital, etc.) will require permission from
the appropriate authority.
a. Covert or Deceptive Research
Research involving any form of deception
can be particularly problematical, and you
should provide a full explanation of why a
covert or deceptive approach is necessary,
why there are no acceptable alternative
approaches not involving deception, and